2019–20 Lied Across Kansas Artist—Jazzy Ash | Lied Center of Kansas

2019–20 Lied Across Kansas Artist—Jazzy Ash

November 12–15, 2019

Each season, the Lied Center takes the show on the road to provide free performing arts experiences to other communities in Kansas, like Sabetha, Salina, Russell and Hays. Students, educators and community members in these areas experience the arts in an enhanced way through workshops, performances and conversations with world-class artists.

This season, the Lied Across Kansas artist is Jazzy Ash, a celebrated children’s songwriter and music educator. Inspired by her New Orleans roots and early jazz music, Ash performs fun-filled and educational concerts for kids and adults, teaching audiences about New Orleans music and culture.

The Lied Center of Kansas serves as a catalyst for the arts, creativity, engagement and community building for the University of Kansas and the greater community. The Lied Center presents a series of diverse, world-class performing arts and engages communities with performing arts experiences and opportunities.

2019 Schedule:

Tuesday, Nov 12—Sabetha, KS

Daytime: work with the schools
6:00–6:45 pm: Community-Intergenerational program, Sabetha High School Gym

Wednesday, Nov 13—Hays, KS

Daytime: work with the schools

Thursday, Nov 14—Russell, KS

Daytime: work with the schools
6:30 pm: Community-Intergenerational program at the Deines Arts Center

Friday, Nov 15—Salina, KS

Daytime: work with the schools

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Videos from past years:

2019/20 Jazzy Ash—Lied Across Kansas

5th year of Lied Across Kansas. Jazzy Ash is a celebrated children’s songwriter and music educator. Inspired by her New Orleans roots and early jazz music, Ash performs fun-filled and educational concerts for kids and adults, teaching audiences about New Orleans music and culture. The Lied Across Kansas outreach program visited rural schools and community centers in Salina, Hays, Russell and Sabetha, Kansas.

2019/20 Jazzy Ash—Lied Across Kansas

5th year of Lied Across Kansas. Jazzy Ash is a celebrated children’s songwriter and music educator. Inspired by her New Orleans roots and early jazz music, Ash performs fun-filled and educational concerts for kids and adults, teaching audiences about New Orleans music and culture. The Lied Across Kansas outreach program visited rural schools and community centers in Salina, Hays, Russell and Sabetha, Kansas.
2018/19 WindSync—Lied Across Kansas

4th year of the Lied Across Kansas program. WindSync is a collective of five outstanding wind musicians who come together as performers, educators and community-builders. The Houston-based wind quintet is known for intimate, joyful, thoughtfully programmed and fully memorized concert presentations. The Lied Across Kansas outreach program visited rural schools and community centers in Salina, Hays, Russell and Sabetha, Kansas.
2017/18 Paige Hernandez—Lied Across Kansas

3rd year of Lied Across Kansas. Paige Hernandez is a multifaceted performer known for her innovative fusion of poetry, hip-hop, dance and education. Hernandez is a master teaching artist and has taught throughout the country to all ages in all disciplines. The outreach program visited rural schools and community centers in Salina, Hays, Russell and Sabetha, Kansas.
2016/17 Erik Kaiel—Lied Across Kansas

2nd year of Lied Across Kansas. Erik Kaiel is an international teacher, performer and choreographer; born in Austria, he spent his formative years in North America, studying in both Canada and the USA. Kaiel spent a decade working with various choreographers in Brooklyn, before relocating to The Hague. The Lied Across Kansas outreach program visited rural schools and community centers in Salina, Hays, Russell and Sabetha, Kansas.
2015/16 PROJECT Trio—Lied Across Kansas

1st year of Lied Across Kansas. PROJECT Trio is a chamber music ensemble based in Brooklyn, New York. It consists of Greg Pattillo (flute), Eric Stephenson (cello), and Peter Seymour (double bass). Their extensive repertoire consists of original compositions and arrangements by the trio members that highlight their versatility by bridging several styles including classical music, jazz, hip hop, rock, Americana, and bluegrass. The group is dedicated to music education that offers workshops and concerts in schools around the world. The Lied Across Kansas outreach program visited rural schools and community centers in Salina, Hays, Russell and Sabetha, Kansas.